SUPPLIER NEWS

Capitol Food Co. is proud to announce it has made significant financial investments resulting in improved efficiency in their blending and packaging facility located in La Mirada, CA. CFC is a major provider of conventional and organic ingredients to the food and baking industry throughout the U.S. The company will continue its aggressive growth for years to come. The improved manufacturing facility is certified organic, Non-GMO Project Verified, kosher, halal, and holds SQF Certification. The La Mirada facility has three separate dry blending lines for ingredients, allowing transfer from silo and tank systems for blending. Ingredients may be unloaded from bulk trucks or bulk rail cars. All products are tested for quality before being unloaded.

Puratos is delighted to announce the appointment of Pierre Tossut as CEO and Cédric van Belle as chairman of the board, both effective January 1, 2022. They look forward to further enhancing Puratos’ global impact and to achieving the company’s five billion euro turnover target by 2030. Their appointments underscore the company’s legacy, historical continuity, and ambitious plans as a family company.

Steve Morton has joined CRB as a project director for food and beverage clients, the company announced. Morton’s arrival underscores CRB’s commitment to ONEsolution, the company’s revolutionary integrated project delivery method that leverages the combined expertise and technical excellence of a single project team to deliver facilities on time and on budget. The approach aligns stakeholders on quality, cost, and schedule, providing clients with everything they need from initial planning through operational readiness.

Precision Food Innovations (PFI) has announced the retirement of Gary Schiltz after serving 40 years with the company, most recently as general manager. PFI has named Tom Vipond as the new general manager, effective Jan. 3, 2022. Vipond brings more than two decades of experience in the food industry to his new role. Scott Parker has also joined PFI as engineering manager, effective immediately. Based in San Antonio, Parker manages both the Algona and San Antonio operations.

As the world transitions, Flavorchem is keeping a close eye on the newest product releases, market intelligence reports, data sources, and social media buzz to bring its curated predications for 2022. Its trend forecast includes Citrus Evolution, Keto Craze, Gut Feeling, and sustainability trends. Request the full copy of Flavorchem’s 2022 Flavor & Trend Forecast via contact@flavorchem.com.

Ardent Mills has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of substantially all the business assets of Firebird Artisan Mills, a gluten-free, specialty grain, and pulse milling company. Over the next several months the Firebird Artisan Mills brand and products will be fully integrated into Ardent Mills as the company continues to bolster its emerging nutrition offerings. The acquisition builds upon Ardent Mills’ existing specialty ingredient and gluten-free solutions; provides additional supply chain assurance; and bolsters capabilities in Ardent Mills’ R&D, technical, food safety, and quality assurance teams.

Tate & Lyle PLC has announced a set of ambitious targets and commitments to significantly progress its new equity, diversity, and inclusion strategy over the next ten years. This new strategy is designed to fully integrate equity, diversity and inclusion into Tate & Lyle’s culture and purpose. The new targets and commitments include achieving gender parity in leadership and management roles, increasing spend with diverse suppliers and making teams at all levels of Tate & Lyle representative of its local communities.

North America is one of the Schubert Group’s most important export markets and is developing at a rate that is well above average. A considerable increase in turnover was once again achieved in 2020, despite the challenging conditions that resulted from COVID-19. This is due, among other things, to the outstanding local service and the high level of advisory expertise at the Schubert location in Charlotte, NC. In view of being able to work more autonomously in the future and to serve customers even better, the packaging machine manufacturer in Crailsheim is planning to further expand its Charlotte, NC North American subsidiary.

Florida Food Products announced that it will acquire Comax Manufacturing Corp., a provider of clean label flavor solutions focused on the beverage & nutrition markets. Under the stewardship of the Calabretta family, Comax has grown to become one of the largest providers of natural flavors in the U.S. since its founding in 1977. Comax formulates natural ingredients that replace synthetic flavors and maintains a portfolio of nearly 1,000 natural flavor SKUs. As part of the FFP family, Comax will continue to operate its Melville, NY manufacturing facility, and develop industry leading formulations in its Marlton, NJ R&D facility. The Calabretta family will maintain an equity position in the combined business.

Reading Bakery Systems (RBS) has expanded its project management team in response to global growth by hiring Michael McDermott, Michael Manley, and Vardan Upadhyaya as project managers. “We are excited to welcome three talented professionals to RBS. Each bring a blend of education and experience that will enhance the strength of our project management group. Together, the new project managers will work to exceed our quality, customer service, and delivery goals for RBS’ growing global customer base,” says Tremaine Hartranft, director of technical sales, RBS.